In Dållebo, wind power will supply 11,600 households this fall
“We’ll take care of everything!” our KAM, Michael Isaksson, told Vestas down in Poland. The Tuesday before Easter, we had set up the booths, and since then our Borås depot, led by Henrik Svensson, has truly taken care of everything for both the wind turbine specialist Vestas as well as the client and project owner Eolus.
In practice, there’s absolutely no wind at ground level, but Vestas is keeping its cool and waiting—the hub and blades will have to wait a couple more hours, because by then the wind will have picked up even at 100 meters up.
“With large installations comes great responsibility—both for the staff doing the heavy lifting and for the wind turbine’s lifetime of power generation. That’s why we do everything with meticulous care,” says Michael Ronde, Site Manager at Vestas Dållebo.
The project in Dållebo consists of four wind turbines with a total height of 180 meters, 74 meters of which is the length of the blades. Once the wind farm is operational, it will be able to produce 59 GWh per year, which is equivalent to the annual household electricity consumption of approximately 11,600 households in the municipality of Ulricehamn.
We need everything here
The workforce out in Dållebo is made up of a combination of international expertise and local knowledge. Everything needed is available here so that they can focus entirely on getting the energy-producing wind turbines up and running as efficiently as possible. When the ten cabins were set up, a seven-cubic-meter water tank was connected, along with a gigantic battery—or “energy storage center,” as it’s called in technical terms. An electrified cabin complex with running water—right in the middle of the forest.
“These are new customers for us here in Borås, so we have to show that we deliver on our promises. My wife initially thought it would be fun to go to IKEA over Easter, but once she realized I was shopping for the guys at the construction site, her enthusiasm waned a bit, but it’s that little extra something that helped us get off to a good start with this partnership,” says Henrik Svensson, site manager at Renta Borås.
Mesh data networks, cutlery, and printer cartridges—we’ve provided them with everything needed to run a construction site in the woods. And, of course, all the smart solutions: a charging station, a septic tank, and assistance with everything related to the sky, machinery, and the ground. And it’s when things go wrong or come to a head that the relationship deepens.
“All customers are important, of course—otherwise we’d never stay in business—and it’s exactly the same here. The customer has a need, we say yes (because that’s who we are), and then we make sure to meet that need,” says Henrik.
For Vestas, close communication is the be-all and end-all
For our Key Account Manager, Michael Isaksson, it can be easy to make grand promises during a meeting. But bullshit never leads to a deal in the end. Because no matter who’s doing the building, they’re always building locally—and that’s where the relationship is truly tested and deepened. It depends on the person. Not everyone celebrates Easter at IKEA, but not everyone makes sure the customer feels at ease before they even step onto the plane here.
“I have 45 minutes for the meeting down in Poland, and to be honest, they don’t care about the details—they want to know if we can ‘walk the talk,’ just like all the customers who come to us, day in and day out,” says Micheal Isaksson, Key Account Manager for Wind Power at Renta.
Wind turbine specialist Vestas installs wind turbines all over the world, and as a world-leading installer, they ensure they have the right person in the right place. With a rotating workforce, clear onboarding and seamless collaboration are essential. Through a digital communication group linking the on-site work crew and our Borås depot, everyone involved knows what’s happening. At the same time, the phone is essential, as is the 15-minute distance between the depot and the site.
“We discuss everything under the sun about what we need out here, and having the depot so close to us is really great. Maintaining close communication with each other at all times is extremely important to us, and we’re grateful that we have that with the Borås depot,” concludes Michael Ronde of Vestas.
